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originally posted by: smurfy
The term is controlling the weather.
originally posted by: kosmicjack
It seems to me that run-of-the-mill contrails from that many flights, particularly over regions with major airport hubs, like say Atlanta or Dallas or LA, would have some impact on cloud cover as the many contrails spread out over time and turn the blue sky overcast. That overcast has a ripple effect on surrounding areas, similar to heat islands from the vast concrete of cities.
originally posted by: opethPA
originally posted by: Psynic
Where are all these people going, indeed?
To an all inclusive resort somewhere to be separated from their dolleros.
Right.
On the other hand all the people that travel for business on a daily or weekly basis what should they do?
Nothing about your mode of travel is anymore valid then anyone that flies.
originally posted by: Psynic
What gives people the right to fly whenever or wherever they wish?
I don't care if it's "for business", the accumulation of wealth is not a valid excuse to squander resources and harm the environment.
Why should the 3% of the worlds population that flies annually dictate to the 97% who don't?
originally posted by: Psynic
What gives people the right to fly whenever or wherever they wish?
I don't care if it's "for business", the accumulation of wealth is not a valid excuse to squander resources and harm the environment.
Why should the 3% of the worlds population that flies annually dictate to the 97% who don't?
originally posted by: Psynic
Actually, the term is 'Geoengineering'.
- dic.com
ge·o·en·gi·neer
[jee-oh-en-juh-neer] Show IPA
verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1.
to make a large-scale effort to modify (the earth or its environment), especially to counteract global warming: Pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere is one way to geoengineer the planet.
originally posted by: Aloysius the Gaul
originally posted by: Psynic
Actually, the term is 'Geoengineering'.
No - controlling the weather is weather control
Geo-engineering is
- dic.com
ge·o·en·gi·neer
[jee-oh-en-juh-neer] Show IPA
verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1.
to make a large-scale effort to modify (the earth or its environment), especially to counteract global warming: Pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere is one way to geoengineer the planet.
no wonder you seem so angry - you don't actually understand what you are talking about - it must be very frustrating!!
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Psynic
If you need ask, I'm sure I could never explain it to you.
Yeah, I think you should explain to me how someone who may live in a landlocked state just hops on their sailboat like you do and has their morally superior vacation.
originally posted by: Psynic
Your words, not mine.
originally posted by: Psynic
There's a kind of mental disconnect that happens, somehow allowing an otherwise conscientious human being to 'reward' themselves once or twice a year by torching a drum of kerosene.
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
a reply to: Psynic
The same thing that gives you the right to uses natural resources in order to post that post on that computer -- a computer that was manufactured using other natural resources.
I certainly hope you don't us a telephone. Do you ever use a combustion engine to go places (automobile, bus, train, etc.)? It takes a lot of resources to produce and operate those things.
originally posted by: Psynic
One has a choice whether to entertain oneself by burning fossil fuels or not.
What gives people the right to fly whenever or wherever they wish?
I don't care if it's "for business", the accumulation of wealth is not a valid excuse to squander resources and harm the environment.
originally posted by: Psynic
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
a reply to: Psynic
The same thing that gives you the right to uses natural resources in order to post that post on that computer -- a computer that was manufactured using other natural resources.
I certainly hope you don't us a telephone. Do you ever use a combustion engine to go places (automobile, bus, train, etc.)? It takes a lot of resources to produce and operate those things.
One has a choice whether to entertain oneself by burning fossil fuels or not.
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
I suppose I could ride a horse, but a 1000 mile trip by horse is not feasible.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
I suppose I could ride a horse, but a 1000 mile trip by horse is not feasible.
No worries. I can just have you hop in my Conestoga while I creak past your abode.
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
...Come to think of it, some people that have traveled Pennsylvania's highways might compare the road conditions to the old wagon trails.
If you are concerned about the harm to the environment from aviation you should probably start a thread in "Fragile Earth"